Wednesday, February 22, 2012

In celebration of Mardi Gras I decided to make King cake!Mmmmm-mmmmmmFor those of you who do not know what a king cake is, its like a giant Cinnabon!It can have many different flavors inside.King cakes are very traditional during Carnival season in New Orleans.It was my first time ever making king cake so I was a little nervous!I looked around for a recipe and found one here.I changed the filling inside the cake.I am not a big a fan of raisins and pecans in bread so I omitted them.This recipe was authentic and super yummy.Trust me I lived in New Orleans and it was pretty darn good!It also made enough for two king cakes which is great since all of my coworkers have been begging me to bake them something!Sorry for taking soo long!!!I was able to take one to a Murder mystery party and the other one to my school.It was a success!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

I have been reading Alton Browns I'm just here for more food baking book, to learn more about the method of baking.I really want to some day create my own things.His book has very helpful tips on how to bake your basic things.He teaches you different methods on how to bake.Such ask: Muffin method and biscuit method.Very neat!I hope that I am able to learn from his book and make my own delicious desert some day soon!Last week I made a carrot cake using his baking techniques and the cake came out super delicious!It was super moist and the cream cheese came out perfect!I used the following ingredients:1 3/4 cup Flour1 tsp Baking powder3/4 tsp Baking soda1 tsp Cinnamon1/2 tsp Kosher salt6 oz Whole vanilla yogurt1/4 cup Vegetable oil1 1/4 cup Granulated sugar3 Eggs3-4 Raw carrots

Then I followed his Muffin Method to combine and bake the cake.Refer to his book for his methods!!!Yum!

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Do you remember when girl scout cookies were just $2 a box?Now they are $4 dollars a box!Times have definitely changed!This past week I was craving cookies and decided to make some homemade thin mints!YUMMY!I used the book Small Batch baking again.I am telling you, if you like baking and don't want too many left overs buy this book!In the book the recipe is called Mint Chocolate wafer cookies.I started making them on Tuesday.I started off by making the cookie dough,but came to a halt when it recipe then said I needed to chill the cookie dough for 4 hours!Seeing that it was 7 pm I knew I wouldn't be able to make this masterpiece until the next day.I am a teacher and go to sleep early!The next day I could not wait to get home from work and finish my cookies.The cookies were in the oven and I was ready to make my chocolate glaze!Little did I know I did not have any shortening for the chocolate glaze.My husband being an amazing man left for the groceries and bought some shortening.In the end the cookies came out amazing!They were fresh and crispy.The best part was eating them. YUM!

Steps: 1. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder together in a bowl.2. Then blend together the butter, vanilla, egg, and sugar.3. Once completely blended slowly add the dry ingredients until mix.4. Get plastic wrap and roll the dough into 3 inch long log. It should be 1inch in diameter.5. Put in the fridge for at least 4 hours or over night6. Once completely chilled cut into 1/4 inch slices7. Bake in the oven for about 8 minutes. The oven should be 350 degrees.8. Once completely cooled transfer them onto wax paper and dip them into the glaze one at a time.9. Put in the fridge for 15 minutes or until the chocolate has harden10. ENJOY!

For the glaze just melt all ingredients in the microwave and stir.Then dip all the cookies into the chocolate one at a time.

Please join in on the #chocolatelove fun by linking up any chocolate recipe from the month of February 2012. Don't forget to link back to this post, so that your readers know to come stop by the #chocolatelove event! The twitter hashtag is #chocolatelove :).

Please join in on the #chocolatelove fun by linking up any chocolate recipe from the month of February 2012. Don't forget to link back to this post, so that your readers know to come stop by the #chocolatelove event! The twitter hashtag is #chocolatelove:).